Stove-lid lifter.



PATENTED SEPT. 24, 1907.

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BLANCHT. KINNEAnoF CLINTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

s'rovE-LID LIFTER.

Specification of Letters ).Satent.

Patented sept. 24, 1907.

Application tiled August 29, 1906. Serial No. 332,460.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, BLANCH T. KNNEAR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Clinton, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Stove-Lid Litter, of which the following is a specification. v

My invention relates to stove lid litters the principal objects being to improve that type of 'stove lid litters in which two h'andle shanks are pivoted together; to

provide anarticle of this description with means wh orc. by one can read ily insert the lifter under the lugs-ol' an ordinary stove lid, or the like, even if the distance between the lugs varies in different lids; to provide for eliciently engaging the lugs and affording a leverage; to provide for guiding the handles or Shanks with rospect to each other; to provide heat insulating handles; and in general to simplify and improve articles o this type.

Reference is to he had to the accompanying drawA ings in which,

Figure l is a plan of a stove lid lifter exhibiting the several features of my invention. Jig 2 is 'a sido clevation thereof. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view, and Fig. 4 is a fragmentary plan view showing the device as it appears when expanded into operative position.

In the type of stove lid liftcrs which has been teerred to above, the handle Shanks a aro pivoted toy gether on pivot b and pressed apart by a springo, so that when they are forced together, the foot d, which are attached to the handles, will be 'spread apartto engage under the lugs of a stove lid. ln this typo ol liftcrs, however, when the handles are curved, the point at which they are pivotod is located near the bottom oi the curve, in such place that the lorcing togetherof the handles tends to tilt them about an axis which, instead of being parallel with tho axis of thc pivot, is at an angle thereto.

lt will be readily seen by reference to Fig. 2, that on pressing the handles together, they will swing not only directly toward each other in the plane of Fig. 2, but il free, they will tcnd to rock on an axis drawn vcrtically through the center ol' Fig. Al, thus swinging downwardly. ln order to keep tho parts in proper po sition, and guide thexnso they will he most cilicient in operation, i have provided aguide pin c scoured to one. of the shanks and passing through a perforation located in the other and curved on tho nrc oi' a circle drawn from thc pivot b as a center. u rlhis guido pin may conveniently support the spring' c, as shown` lt will be soon that it prevents any excess in downward rocking of tho shanks and constrains thorn to move in a plano to and from each other. `ln addition to this, l have Amade the lect curved and provided them with a pair of cars f which extend outwardly and constitute a lulcrum for the article when in place in the Socket of the stove lid. These ears also abut against cach other, as is shown in Fig. 3 and at their meeting corners constitute a pivot about which the handles would rock as they move downwardly in the manner described above if it were not tor the guide pin. The feet are also provided with angular projecting portions ending in projections o which may also act as fulcruins for the article when in position for lifting the lid.

lt' will be understood that the projections g may bear ontho bottom of the socket in the lid, while the earsf bear on the top oi the lid.

In order to provide for conveniently pivoting the handles together and supporting the spring c and pin c, f thc two handles arc preferably nitide V-shaped in cross section as is clearly indicated in Fig. 3. Thisperm-its a lug h to be integrally mounted on one leg of one shank and to extend over the parallel leg of the other which carries thc pivot Zi and also permits the spring and pin to bc, supported in .a convenient manner. 'llic lug h is located within the space between the outer 75 legs oi thc sha-nhs. Thcsc handles end in Langs as usual on which are mounted tubular handle-grips lc formed ol' hout-insulating material, preferably asbestos. v While l have illustrated and described a particular embodiment ol my invention, l am aware that inodilit-ations muy bc inadc therein by any person skilled in4 the art without. exceeding the scopo of my claims.

Having thus hilly described my invention, what I claim and desire to sccureby Letters-,Patent is:--

i. .\s un article oi' nmnufucture, a stove lid lifter, com- 85 [arising a puit' of pivohllly connected shnnks cach having n curved foot, tht` two curved feet together constlturingmoons for enga-,fing yunder lugsin a stove lid or the like. und having' :in singular bottom portion nnd'outwnrdly cxlcnding curs mccing :it their edges und cach constituting,r -t tulcrum i'or thtl other.

s un article of manufacture, a stove lid lifter, compr in; n puit' of pivotullr connected Shanks. cach havin# u' curved Foot. the two curved t'cct together constituting.;l menus for engaging' under ings in :i stove lid or thc like, 95 und havingr un angular bottoni portion and outwardly extendingr curs meeting :it their edges und euch constituting -u fulcrnm for tht` other, said shank boing provamed with 

